Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for intralobar pulmonary sequestration.
BACKGROUND
Intralobar pulmonary sequestration is a rare congenital abnormality of the lower respiratory system, which becomes symptomatic early in life. Standard treatment consists of wedge resection or lobectomy through a thoracotomy.


METHODS
We report on an unusual case of a 36-year-old female patient with intralobar pulmonary sequestration on the right lower lobe, which was treated with video-assisted thoracic surgery. The case is presented along with literature review.


CONCLUSIONS
VATS wedge resection is a great alternative to the traditional thoracotomy for the treatment of intralobar pulmonary sequestrations.
Avgerinos
Dimitrios
D
Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, First Avenue at 16th Street, New York, New York, USA. davgerin@chpnet.org.
Reyes
Angelo
A
Plantilla
Eduardo
E
Krikhely
Merab
M